1 · We present a whole range of alternative music that you'll never find on commercial radio, presented by people with expertise and passion. Our jazz and blues and country music programming covers the whole history of these musics and rejects a commercial “Top 40” approach.


2 · We provide a voice and a community billboard for many of the communities who make up our population; we broadcast regularly in Arabic, Farsi, Finnish, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Korean, Polish, Punjabi, Serbian, Somali,Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Urdu and Vietnamese. In English, we have programs produced by the African, Caribbean, Jewish & Muslim communities.


3 · We give an independent point of view on political and community affairs, as we are neither owned by a large corporation nor are we a state institution; our volunteers reflect the diverse communities they come from.


4 · CKCU brings in the renowned BBC World news twenty times a week; respected internationally for its independence and broad coverage.


5 · CKCU support local musicians by airing their CDs and publicizing their gigs. You don’t have to have a contract with a major corporation to get heard on CKCU!

We have three revenue sources

· A levy paid by the students of Carleton University.
· Income from companies who sponsor particular programs. To learn more about becoming a CKCU sponsor-click HERE.
· The community of listeners and musicians via our annual
funding drive.

If you're new to what CKCU is all about, you can listen in Ottawa at 93.1 FM(93.5 on Cable FM). CKCU is also available around the world on the internet in Real Audio format here.